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Angiographic evaluation of patients with unilateral massive perfusion defects in the lung scan.

Cho SR, Tisnado J, Cockrell CH, Beachley MC, Fratkin MJ, Henry DA.
Department of Radiology, Medical College of Virginia, Virginia Commonwealth University, Richmond 23298.

Radiographics. 1987 Jul;7(4):729-45.

Pulmonary embolism is an uncommon cause of a massive unilateral lung scan perfusion defect; other causes may mimic PE clinically. Angiography may, therefore, be essential for accurate diagnosis.

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